Dendros

[reefnewbie54321]

Any one have experience with how fast Dendros grow? I am thinking of getting a frag but some people say they are fast growers while others say there slow growers. If i'm gunna shell out around 50$ a head then I want something that can reach a decent size in a while.

 

[jasper24]

The more you feed it the faster they grow. Mine started 4 months ago a little larger than a pencil eraser and 1 head. Now the head is about 3x the size and it has sprouted 2 baby heads. I feed mine about 3x per week.

 

[cristhiam]

Yeap the more you feed it the faster it grows I have one for 3 months and got two babies, I don't feed it enough I think maybe once a week, I try. Price is good
Here is a thread that I started
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1071950

 

[cristhiam]

I wish mine opens during the day thou

 

[Cultivatedcoral]

Feed them everyday and they will blow up. They are non-photosynthetic so they really need food everyday to flourish.

 

[onano]

I feed mine 5x a week and they went from 2 heads to 8 in a year. It opens 15 hours+ a day. My favorite coral of all time between both my tanks.

 

[bradleyj]

I picked these up a couple of days ago. They are dendros aren't they? My LFS had been told that they might be rhyzo's.

 

[ViPeR_930]

Yup, those are Dendrophyllia coccinea.

 

[bobafett]

Mine stay closed all the time until its feeding time.

 

[mikekman]

Bobafett, maybe you might have a suncoral and not a dendro. They kind of look alike but dendros are much bigger. Take a picture of yours and I'm sure a few guys like Viper can tell you if its a sun coral or a dendro.

Here is a pic of mine that are open even when the tank is hit by natural sunlight:

Mike

 

[Qckwzrd]

Well my new ones are about half the size of the one I got a few weeks ago. I'm pretty sure they are a different type tho...sorry for the bad pic.

 

[Qckwzrd]

 

[mikekman]

The dendro on the left looks huge and fat. You must have fed it some mysis before taking the pics! Feed the two new heads you got often!

 

[taithao35]

Yes, dendro needs to be fed regularly. My open day and night. They grow pretty fast too. I got a 1 polyp frag about 16 months ago and got 15 polyps now.

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[reefnewbie54321]

wow 1 polyp to 15 in 16 months? A polyp a month isnt bad, how often do you feed them? I do regular check up on my tanks 3x a day so I plan on feeding mine 3x a day 7 days a week. Any one see any harms from overfeeding them besides polluting the tank (my oversized skimmer takes care of that)

 

[Echidna09]

I would think that 3x a day would be too much. You only need to feed them one time per day max in my opinion.

 

[atlfishes]

What is the best way to frag the dendros? Thanks